Using a Commercial Email Account with IRIDIUM
Application Note
Iridium Satellite LLC Rev. 1; February 1, 2002 Using a Commercial Email Account with IRIDIUM
1 Introduction...... 3 1.1 PURPOSE...... 3 1.2 BACKGROUND ...... 3 2 Client Software Configuration...... 4 2.1 MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 98 AND 2000...... 4 2.2 OUTLOOK EXPRESS (IE5)...... 10 2.3 NETSCAPE MESSENGER 4.7 ...... 17
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1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose
This document is intended to provide the reader with the information required to configure their Email client software in order to send and receive Email via the IRIDIUM system. It is specifically oriented toward using a widely used commercial Email service such as that provided by Yahoo!
1.2 Background
Figure 1 illustrates the use of Iridium to operate with an Email provider (e.g., Yahoo!) on the Internet. As shown, this can be accomplished either using the Iridium Direct Internet service, or using Iridium Dial-up Data service and an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Dial-Up Data
Mobile Internet Switching PSTN Service Center Provider
Email Client Iridium Gateway SMTP Server Internet Direct-Internet POP Server
Mobile Switching Email Provider Center Direct-Internet Server Email Client Iridium Gateway
Figure 1. Email Connectivity Using Iridium.
As indicated in Figure 1, there are two servers that are used by the Email Provider, an SMTP server and a POP server. SMTP (short for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a protocol for sending Email messages between computers. Whenever an Email user wishes to send an Email, their Email client software (for example, Microsoft Outlook) connects to the SMTP server and transfers the message(s) to be sent. The SMTP server subsequently forwards the message(s) to their ultimate destination.
POP (short for Post Office Protocol), is the protocol that is predominantly used to retrieve Email. Each time a user checks for new Email, their client software connects to the POP server to check for mail and then downloads any new messages. It is worth noting that some servers today use the IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) for this purpose, although POP is much more widely used. This document only addresses the use of a POP server.
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2 Client Software Configuration
In order to configure your Email client software to successfully send and receive messages, the following information must be specified within your client’s configuration: